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. 1994 Apr;84(4):653–656. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.4.653

A cost-benefit analysis of legislation for bicycle safety helmets in Israel.

G M Ginsberg 1, D S Silverberg 1
PMCID: PMC1614783  PMID: 8154573

Abstract

Legislation requiring bicyclists to wear helmets in Israel will, over a helmet's 5-year duration (assuming 85% compliancy, 83.2% helmet efficiency for morbidity, and 70% helmet efficiency for mortality), save approximately 57 lives and result in approximately 2544 fewer hospitalizations; 13,355 and 26,634 fewer emergency room and ambulatory visits, respectively; and 832 and 115 fewer short-term and long-term rehabilitation cases, respectively. Total benefits ($60.7 million) from reductions in health service use ($44.2 million), work absences ($7.5 million), and mortality ($8.9 million) would exceed program costs ($20.1 million), resulting in a benefit-cost ratio of 3.01:1.

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